Growth pattern and phenological stages of early-maturing peach trees under a Mediterranean climate

HortScience

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1813-1818

  Mounzer, Oussama H ^a   Conejero, Wenceslao ^a   Nicolás, Emilio ^a   Abrisqueta, Isabel ^a   García Orellana, Yelitza V ^b   Tapia, Luis M ^c   Vera, Juan ^a   Abrisqueta, Jose M ^a   Ruiz Sánchez, Maria Del Carmen ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

^c Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Fores Tales Y Agropecuarias   (Mexico)

Author keywords

BBCH general scale; Growth pattern; Phenological stages; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 52449084418     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.43.6.1813     Document Type: Article

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